The Chaser Report
The Chaser
Are you sick of news you can trust? For over 200 years, The Chaser has been the world's leading source of news you can't trust.The Chaser Report offers a satirical look at Australian and world news and culture, along with occasional confessions of parenting and business failures, the latter often involving an amusingly large number of unsold avocado pool toys.The show is hosted each day by two of the satirical comedy group’s co-founders, Charles Firth and Dom Knight, along with occasional cameos from more talented, less available Chaser colleagues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Jun 3, 2024 • 16min
Australia's Homegrown Drones
Charles and Dom take a look at Australia's newest piece of local-made hardware. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 2, 2024 • 20min
Should Donald Trump Hire Bruce Lehrmann As His Lawyer?
Since our last episode, Donald Trump was convicted as guilty and Bruce Lehrmann has filed for an appeal against his defamation case loss. But for Charles and Dom, there is a piece of news even bigger than those two... Intergalactic war! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 30, 2024 • 16min
The Mine Aquatic With Scott Morrison
Scott Morrison has scored himself yet another job, this time it's mining the ocean. Listen and find out why Dom and Charles are surprisingly unworried about it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 29, 2024 • 16min
How The Chaser Responds To Scam Calls
As Dom and Charles find out, the best way to answer a scam call is more morally complicated than you'd think. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 28, 2024 • 19min
Australia Should Start A Violent Housing Militia
This episode features Charles and Dom debating how foreign policy could be used to solve the housing market. That foreign policy happens to involve shooting and killing. I won't sugar coat it, this one is a macabre episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 27, 2024 • 34min
Albo's Tenant Invites Us To His Eviction Party | Jim Flanagan
Dom and Charles sit for a chat with Anthony Albanese's soon-to-be evicted tenant, Jim Flanagan. Jim shares how his life became a media-circus after The Daily Telegraph butchered his story, how the Prime Minister and media spread misinformation without fact checking, and of course, an invite to his upcoming eviction party. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 26, 2024 • 15min
Google's New AI Tells You To Eat Rocks, Glue, And Gasoline
Google has unveiled the next step backward in AI, much to the delight of Charles and Dom. Join them as they showcase some of the atrocious search results that the new AI generated 'Google Overviews' genuinely gave to users. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 23, 2024 • 16min
Afghanistan Gets The "Where The Bloody Hell Are You?" Treatment
Charles needs a holiday, and Dom reckons he has the perfect destination... Afghanistan! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 22, 2024 • 19min
How To Extort Gina Rinehart With Art
Dom and Charles concoct a foolproof plan on how to make infinite money from the most famous woman in the world this week, Gina Rinehart. Turns out all you need to do is know exactly what billionaires don't want you doing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 21, 2024 • 17min
Getting Our FLiRT On
Apologies for disappearing, poor Dom caught COVID's newest variant: FLiRT. No, we aren't making that name up. Anyway we're back, leave a five star review and say thanks, cheers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
